Lockhead P-38 Lightning

[Raven]

Anyone flying this warbird here?

Found this thread in rcuniverse, real cool... got meself one.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_4887353/tm.htm

Where to get a pair of 3 bladed counter rotating prop? Master Airscrew will be nice.

[flyg]

NTC says they going to have some coming when I asked abt a mth ago. No id if its in yet.

Got one of the P38 myself but it is balsa & FG version. Really pretty. A 3 blader counter rotating prop will make it even better

[Raven]

NTC says they going to have some coming when I asked abt a mth ago. No id if its in yet.

Got one of the P38 myself but it is balsa & FG version. Really pretty. A 3 blader counter rotating prop will make it even better

Oh great!! will go check them out. Hope the stocks arrived.

Anyway... started to built the bird.
It will be powered by 2 x OBL29-09-07A brushless motor...

[flyg]

Great!
With a 7" prop that should gives you plenty of power

[Raven]

The 7" look too small
The 7" is orange
The 8" is Grey
The 3 blade is 9"

I have a pair of 3 bladed but not counter rotating... too bad.

So far... mounted the servos. Need to sand some area B4 painting.

Tomorrow gotta go pick up some motor mount and props...

[UH-1H]

The 7" look too small
The 7" is orange
The 8" is Grey
The 3 blade is 9"

I have a pair of 3 bladed but not counter rotating... too bad.

So far... mounted the servos. Need to sand some area B4 painting.

Tomorrow gotta go pick up some motor mount and props...

If you looking for GWS counter rotating and cant find it anywhere locally, you know what i m gonna say....get it direct. Say do share your maiden pics here, the new GWS series are always nice to look at. This plane is going to be quite fast. What color scheme have you decided on?

[Raven]

If you looking for GWS counter rotating and cant find it anywhere locally, you know what i m gonna say....get it direct. Say do share your maiden pics here, the new GWS series are always nice to look at. This plane is going to be quite fast. What color scheme have you decided on?

lol... I found somewhere that sells them, forgot to ask if they are black ones or orange ones.(hope their black) Will head down to NTC to take a look. I hope i can get some Master Airscrew 3 bladed and 3 bladed aluminium spinner.

So far... saw some nice colour schemel, however I may mix and match some in order to make the plane more visible at flight. Looking at some Nose-art too...


This is the original paint scheme that it came with.





Nose Art website

http://www.original-fliegerjacken.de/nosearts_en/flugzeugbleche_p38.php

[Raven]

Came out with this... Dont know why but yellow and black is just my kind of colour... the spinner is black and white in spiral...

Guys kindly share some comment about the paint scheme

[flyg]

No headache with my paint scheme cos it comes covered with oracover & prepainted fuse

It is not a direct conversion from a 2 blades to 3 blades. You will need a bigger 3 baldes when switching from a 2 blades.

See you maiden soon

[Raven]

Yeah!!... manage to get my paws on 2 sets of counter-rotating props from the friendly neighbourhood mama shop... Oops I mean Hobbyshop. Also kiasu got lotsa lotsa motor mount.

Anyway, today's weather suckx... only manage to spray the cockpit and aleron flaps. Just got the motor fitted on... swee swee, now can do alignment then can spray the engine cover already... I invert mount the motor, think it will run cooler this way...

[flyg]

HI
Where you get those prop from?

[Raven]

Already PM you where I got those.

Hehe... got the motors on. Making marking on the cowling so that i can get the screw holes right.

Fitted the Ailerons and blades on too... Now I need to find a pair of 3 bladed counter rotating spinner. Els I will have to live with alu bullet spinners.

[Raven]

Forgot the pic....

[Sunstorm]

Oh, this is the plane that was recently discovered on a beach in Wales, England!

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/14/britain.ww2.plane.ap/

Very nice, I like the look of it. Looks like it's going to be very scale looking.

[Raven]

Oh, this is the plane that was recently discovered on a beach in Wales, England!

http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/11/14/britain.ww2.plane.ap/

Very nice, I like the look of it. Looks like it's going to be very scale looking.

Yup... I knew about the news.

Check this.... nice P-38 video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AIjJJJk_9I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITRLk9b9AcY